Date

8-9-2024

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Chair

W. Ryan Steenburg

Keywords

Modern-day idols, idol worship, worship, idolatry, idols

Disciplines

Christianity | Liturgy and Worship

Abstract

This DMIN project ventures to establish and further a ministry design rooted in God’s Word that instructs, equips, and enhances Christian lives. The project offers a structure by which God’s Word can renew and transform people’s minds. The ten-week project intervention utilized a weekly Bible class, interviews, questionnaires, and observations to collect information from seven participants at Life Changers Church. The purpose was to examine the problem of modern-day idol worship and foster motivation, commitment, and reverence for God by applying spiritual awareness through teaching from an intentionally designed worship handbook. This action-based research project endeavored to link the application gap in modern-day idol worship research by observing the progress and results of participants striving to become committed worshipers who revere God. The research results demonstrate usefulness to the investigator while considering applying the concepts within this research. The project disclosed that the congregant-pastor partnership combined with congregant-focused mind-renewing modes of worship that address idolatry and encourage Christians to become committed worshipers who revere God. The results indicate that pastors can impact and positively affect congregants by helping them recognize the modern-day distracting idols so they can combat and replace them with true worship of God.

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